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RNA Device Marks Advance in Molecular Computing

Posted January 14, 2000; 02:44 p.m.

by jharmon

Princeton University researchers have developed a kind of computer that uses the biological molecule RNA to solve complex problems. The achievement marks a significant advance in
molecular computing
, an emerging field in which scientists are harnessing molecules such as DNA and RNA to solve certain problems more efficiently than could be done by conventional computing.